Shooting At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 Metre Rifle Three Positions
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The Women's
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event at the
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took place on August 14 at the
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. The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a
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at 50 metres distance. 20 shots were fired each from the standing, kneeling, and prone positions. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots, all from the standing position. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.


Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.


Qualification round

EOR Equalled Olympic record – KN Kneeling position – PR Prone position – Q Qualified for final – ST Standing position


Final

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